Gary MacDonald (footballer)

Gary MacDonald (born 25 October 1979) is an English footballer who plays as a defender, and was most recently a player/assistant manager of Hungerford Town.[1] He has made over 150 appearances in the Football League and the Conference Premier.

For other people with the same name, see Gary MacDonald (disambiguation).

Gary MacDonald
MacDonald in action for Walton Casuals in 2014
Personal information
Full name Gary MacDonald
Date of birth (1979-10-25) 25 October 1979
Place of birth Cardiff, Wales
Position(s) Central Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Havant & Waterlooville 57 (2)
2001–2003 Peterborough United 18 (1)
2002–2003 → Stevenage Borough (loan) 7 (0)
2003–2007 Woking 122 (4)
2007–2008 Ebbsfleet United 7 (0)
2008 →Bognor Regis Town (loan) 0 (0)
2008–2009 Hayes & Yeading United 25 (1)
2009–2010 Havant & Waterlooville 27 (2)
2010–2012 Kingstonian 20 (0)
2013 → Metropolitan Police (loan) 10 (0)
2013–2014 Walton Casuals 20 (0)
2014 Slough Town 0 (0)
2014–2015 Hayes & Yeading United 24 (1)
2015 Slough Town 8 (0)
2015–2016 Farnborough 15 (1)
2016 Staines Town 3 (0)
2016 Walton & Hersham 7 (1)
2016–2017 Hayes & Yeading United 0 (0)
2017–2018 Hungerford Town 0 (0)
Teams managed
2016 Walton & Hersham (player-manager)
2016–2017 Hayes & Yeading United (player-assistant manager)
2017–2018 Hungerford Town (player-assistant manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:35 16 November 2013 (GMT)

Career

MacDonald began his career with Portsmouth but made no first-team appearances and joined non-league club Havant & Waterlooville.[2] He joined Football League One club Peterborough United in February 2001[3] but struggled to break into the first-team,[2] making 21 league and cup appearances in two years.[3] He joined Football Conference side Stevenage Borough on loan in November 2001[2] and made eleven appearances for the club during the remainder of the 2001–02 season.[3]

At the end of the season, he joined another National Conference side Woking,[4] where he started 120 games in four years.[5] He was signed by Ebbsfleet United in June 2007[5] but suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon in his first game for Ebbsfleet in August 2007,[6][7] which ruled him out of the game for several months until he made his comeback in a Kent Senior Cup match in January 2008.[7]

MacDonald returned to the first-team in March 2008 and by the end of the 2007–08 season, had made eight appearances for Ebbsfleet[8] and collected a winners medal when Ebbsfleet won the FA Trophy at Wembley Stadium in May 2008.[9] MacDonald returned to Havant & Waterlooville in 2009, but fell out of favour with the manager and made his last appearance for the club in March 2010. During the close-season of 2010, MacDonald signed for Kingstonian.[10]

Following a one-month loan with Metropolitan Police, the 34-year-old signed for Walton Casuals. In July 2014, the versatile defender signed for Slough Town. He then briefly lined up for Farnborough, before a switch to Staines Town. He then joined Walton & Hersham in February 2016.[11] Following the resignation of manager Mark Hams the following month, MacDonald was announced as player-manager for the eight remaining games of the 2015–16 season.[12]

In July 2016 he was announced by Hayes & Yeading United to be Mickey Lewis' playing assistant manager, having had two previous spells with the club, most recently in 2015 under Phil Babb and Tristan Lewis.

Honours
  • FA Trophy: 2008
  • Conference South Play-Off Winner: 2009

References
  1. Crusaders make changes to management squad‚ newburytoday.co.uk, 18 February 2018
  2. "Stevenage borrow Posh MacDonald". Non League Daily. 7 November 2002. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2008.
  3. "Gary MacDonald". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 16 June 2008.
  4. "Woking snap up MacDonald". BBC Sport. 3 July 2003. Retrieved 16 June 2008.
  5. "Fleet snap up defender MacDonald". BBC Sport. 7 June 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2007.
  6. "Ebbsfleet suffer MacDonald blow". BBC Sport. 12 August 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2008.
  7. "Fleet overcome neighbours in cup". BBC Sport. 30 January 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2008.
  8. "Games played by Gary MacDonald in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 16 June 2008.
  9. "Ebbsfleet 1-0 Torquay". BBC Sport. 15 May 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
  10. Amos, Stuart (6 August 2010). "Ks boss moves quickly to replace Boardman". Kingston Guardian. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  11. "Football: Five new faces, but same old story for Walton & Hersham". Your Local Guardian. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  12. "Club Announcement | Walton & Hersham Football Club". www.waltonandhershamfc.org.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
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